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Volume 52 (12): 1543-1559, 2004
Copyright ©The Histochemical Society, Inc.
Immunolocalization of Actin in Paramecium Cells
Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Correspondence to: H. Plattner, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, P.O. Box 5560, 78457 Konstanz, Germany. E-mail: helmut.plattner{at}uni-konstanz.de
We have selected a conserved immunogenic region from several actin genes of Paramecium, recently cloned in our laboratory, to prepare antibodies for Western blots and immunolocalization. According to cell fractionation analysis, most actin is structurebound. Immunofluorescence shows signal enriched in the cell cortex, notably around ciliary basal bodies (identified by anti-centrin antibodies), as well as around the oral cavity, at the cytoproct and in association with vacuoles (phagosomes) up to several µm in size. Subtle strands run throughout the cell body. Postembedding immunogold labeling/EM analysis shows that actin in the cell cortex emanates, together with the infraciliary lattice, from basal bodies to around trichocyst tips. Label was also enriched around vacuoles and vesicles of different size including "discoidal" vesicles that serve the formation of new phagosomes. By all methods used, we show actin in cilia. Although none of the structurally well-defined filament systems in Paramecium are exclusively formed by actin, actin does display some ordered, though not very conspicuous, arrays throughout the cell. F-actin may somehow serve vesicle trafficking and as a cytoplasmic scaffold. This is particularly supported by the postembedding/EM labeling analysis we used, which would hardly allow for any large-scale redistribution during preparation. (J Histochem Cytochem 52:1543–1559, 2004)
Key Words: actin • cilia • immunolocalization • microfilaments • vesicle traffic • Paramecium
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